DIAMONDS may be forever but traders in Antwerp are hoping Europe's recession won't be as it is turning their businesses pear-shaped. "Business is down 20-30 per cent," said Dany Meylemans, boss of one of the diamond polishing companies in the Belgian city known as the diamond capital of the world. Mr Meylemans has seen demand weaken since this time last year. "For us, the crisis started before the fall of the stock markets," he said. But the fall in demand worsened in the...
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